I Want to Play: Children With Cerebral Palsy Talk About Their Experiences on Barriers and Facilitators to Participation in Leisure Activities.

Purpose: To explore how children with cerebral palsy (CP) experience participation in leisure activities and to describe the environmental barriers and facilitators.

Methods: Sixteen children with cerebral palsy aged 7 to 17 years participated in 3 focus groups. Data were analyzed thematically by 3 researchers on the basis of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

Linking quality of life questionnaires for asthma to the International Classification of Functioning.

Objective: To link the content of the most common quality of life instruments for children with asthma to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Methods: The study was conducted in two stages. The first involved a review of the literature to select quality of life questionnaires and in the second, two independent reviewers identified questionnaire items, and categories corresponding to the ICF, according to approved methodology.

Effects of Load Addition During Gait Training on Weight-Bearing and Temporal Asymmetry After Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of adding load to restrain the nonparetic lower limb during gait training on weight-bearing and temporal asymmetry after stroke.

Design: Thirty-eight subjects were randomized into treadmill training with load (5% of body weight) on the nonparetic limb (experimental group) and treadmill training without load (control group). Interventions lasted 30 mins/d for 2 wks (9 sessions).

Functioning and Disability Profile of Children with Microcephaly Associated with Congenital Zika Virus Infection.

Introduction: The increase in the number of cases of microcephaly in Brazil and its association with the Zika virus (ZIKV) is a global public health problem. The International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) model is a powerful tool and extremely relevant in managing disability.

Objective: Describe the functioning profile of children with microcephaly associated with ZIKV in two states of northeastern Brazil.